PL end. ph. 17. SMILACEdL 123. Paris. 1ST 
Paris quadrifolia . Four-leafed herl-Paris. 
Leaves mostly in one whorl, ovate. 
Herba Paris, Raii Syn. 264, 1 ; Ger. em. 405 ; Park. 390. 
Paris quadrifolia, Lin. S. P. 527. 
One berry. Herb Paris. True love. 
Woods and shady places; perennial; May. 
Stein 12 in. high; leaves 3 to 5, acute, notched, smooth; 
peduncle angular ; flowers greenish purple. — Leaves and 
berries narcotic ; root emetic in doses of two scruples. 
II. 124. CON VALL ARIA. Lin. Lilly -of -the-v alley. 
Perigonium campanulate, 6-toothed ; stamens 6 ; anthers 
terminal; filaments inserted at the base of the perigonium; 
style 1; stigma blunt, 3-cornered ; ovary 3-celled, free; 
berry globose, 3-celled; seeds 2, one above the other, affixed 
to the inner angle of the cells, subglobose; perisperm car- 
tilaginous, hard ; corculum straight, opposite to the hilum. 
— Rhizoma creeping ; leaves radical, curve-ribbed ; sheaths 
-scaly, cut \ flowers racemose, peduncled, whitish, bracteate; 
scape solitary ; bractece lanceolate, solitary, at the base of 
the peduncle ; berry spotted before it is ripe. 
Convallaria majalis. May Ully-of -the-v alley. 
Scape semicylindrical ; leaves ovate, lanceolate ; flowers 
racemose, spiked ; peduncle drooping. 
Lilium convallium, Raii Syn. 264, 1 ; Ger.em. 410. 
Lilium convallium flore albo, Park. Par. 349. ** 
Convallaria majalis, Lin . S. P. 451. 
Convallaria fragrans, Salisb. Prod. 254. 
May lilly. Lilly convally. 
Woods; perennial; May. 
Flowers white, very fragrant ; berries red. — Flowers nar- 
cotic, errhine ; extract ol the root and flowers bitter and 
purgative, in doses of two scruples ; leaves dye a durable 
green. 
III. 125. POLYGON ATUM. Dioscor. Solomon's seal. 
Perigonium cylindrical, tubular, 6-toothed; stamens 6, 
inserted above the base of the perigonium ; anthers termi- 
nal; style 1 ; stigma, blunt, 3-cornered; ovary 3-celled, free; 
berry globular, 3-celled ; seeds 1 or 2, round ; perispenn 
cartilaginous; corculum straight, opposite to the hilum. — 
Rhizoma creeping, fleshy : stem simple, leafy, sheathed with 
scales at the base ; leaves cauline, sessile, alternate or verti- 
cillate, longitudinally streaked ; ribs prominent, curved ; 
peduncles axillary, solitary, 1 or many-flowered; flowers 
drooping, whitish ; bractece 0 ; berry before it is ripe mottled. 
